Community Health

Erin McFarlane - 2014

Erin's placement was with Ecology Ottawa, a volunteer driven, grassroots organization that focuses on public engagement and mobilization. It provides residents with the information and tools they need to understand local environmental issues and promote environmental leadership at city hall. Her research focused on Ecology Ottawa's decentralized, distributed leadership approach and its strategic efforts to move people up the "pyramid of engagement," always with an eye to affecting policy change at the municipal level.

Sarada Eastham -2010

Sarada worked near Dehradun, India, with Navdanya, a women's based movement for the preservation and protection of cultural and biological diversity. Navdanya is active in the rejuvenation of indigenous knowledge and culture. It has created awareness on the hazards of genetic modification of foods, defended people's rights to prevent biopiracy and has championed food sovereignty in the face of globalization and climate change. Sarada facilitated workshops on women's roles in environmental protection and the human right to food security.